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- Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language modelsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 30. August 2024 at 9:00
Researchers developed an easy-to-use tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits the purpose of their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias.
- A framework for solving parabolic partial differential equationsby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on 28. August 2024 at 20:30
A new algorithm solves complicated partial differential equations by breaking them down into simpler problems, potentially guiding computer graphics and geometry processing.
- First AI + Education Summit is an international push for “AI fluency”by Andrew Whitacre | RAISE Initiative on 27. August 2024 at 8:30
The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries.
- 3 Questions: How to prove humanity onlineby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 16. August 2024 at 4:00
AI agents could soon become indistinguishable from humans online. Could “personhood credentials” protect people against digital imposters?
- New open-source tool helps to detangle the brainby Anne McGovern | MIT Lincoln Laboratory on 14. August 2024 at 18:30
The software tool NeuroTrALE is designed to quickly and efficiently process large amounts of brain imaging data semi-automatically.
- LLMs develop their own understanding of reality as their language abilities improveby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on 14. August 2024 at 17:20
In controlled experiments, MIT CSAIL researchers discover simulations of reality developing deep within LLMs, indicating an understanding of language beyond simple mimicry.
- MIT researchers use large language models to flag problems in complex systemsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 14. August 2024 at 4:00
The approach can detect anomalies in data recorded over time, without the need for any training.
- Helping robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar environmentsby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on 8. August 2024 at 14:45
A new algorithm helps robots practice skills like sweeping and placing objects, potentially helping them improve at important tasks in houses, hospitals, and factories.
- Dimitris Bertsimas named vice provost for open learningby Sara Feijo | MIT Open Learning on 8. August 2024 at 11:45
Leveraging more than 35 years of experience at MIT, Bertsimas will work with partners across the Institute to transform teaching and learning on and off campus.
- Precision home robots learn with real-to-sim-to-realby Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL on 31. Juli 2024 at 19:45
CSAIL researchers introduce a novel approach allowing robots to be trained in simulations of scanned home environments, paving the way for customized household automation accessible to anyone.
- Method prevents an AI model from being overconfident about wrong answersby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 31. Juli 2024 at 4:00
More efficient than other approaches, the “Thermometer” technique could help someone know when they should trust a large language model.
- Study: When allocating scarce resources with AI, randomization can improve fairnessby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 24. Juli 2024 at 4:00
Introducing structured randomization into decisions based on machine-learning model predictions can address inherent uncertainties while maintaining efficiency.
- MIT researchers advance automated interpretability in AI modelsby Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL on 23. Juli 2024 at 20:00
MAIA is a multimodal agent that can iteratively design experiments to better understand various components of AI systems.
- Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologiesby David L. Chandler | MIT News on 23. Juli 2024 at 14:30
Analysis and materials identified by MIT engineers could lead to more energy-efficient fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, or computing devices.
- Large language models don’t behave like people, even though we may expect them toby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 23. Juli 2024 at 4:00
A new study shows someone’s beliefs about an LLM play a significant role in the model’s performance and are important for how it is deployed.
- AI model identifies certain breast tumor stages likely to progress to invasive cancerby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 22. Juli 2024 at 18:00
The model could help clinicians assess breast cancer stage and ultimately help in reducing overtreatment.
- Machine learning unlocks secrets to advanced alloysby Poornima Apte | Department of Materials Science and Engineering on 18. Juli 2024 at 18:55
An MIT team uses computer models to measure atomic patterns in metals, essential for designing custom materials for use in aerospace, biomedicine, electronics, and more.
- Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible wayby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on 18. Juli 2024 at 1:20
Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines.
- AI method radically speeds predictions of materials’ thermal propertiesby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 16. Juli 2024 at 20:55
The approach could help engineers design more efficient energy-conversion systems and faster microelectronic devices, reducing waste heat.
- How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployedby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 16. Juli 2024 at 4:00
A new technique enables users to compare several large models and choose the one that works best for their task.
- Marking a milestone: Dedication ceremony celebrates the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing buildingby Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing on 12. Juli 2024 at 17:55
Members of the MIT community, supporters, and guests commemorate the opening of the new college headquarters.
- Reasoning skills of large language models are often overestimatedby Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL on 11. Juli 2024 at 19:50
New CSAIL research highlights how LLMs excel in familiar scenarios but struggle in novel ones, questioning their true reasoning abilities versus reliance on memorization.
- When to trust an AI modelby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 11. Juli 2024 at 18:45
More accurate uncertainty estimates could help users decide about how and when to use machine-learning models in the real world.
- MIT ARCLab announces winners of inaugural Prize for AI Innovation in Spaceby Janine Liberty | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics on 11. Juli 2024 at 17:55
The challenge asked teams to develop AI algorithms to track and predict satellites’ patterns of life in orbit using passively collected data
- “They can see themselves shaping the world they live in”by Katherine Ouellette | MIT Open Learning on 8. Juli 2024 at 19:00
Developed by MIT RAISE, the Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 students to collaborate on local and global challenges using AI.
- MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databasesby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 8. Juli 2024 at 4:00
This new tool offers an easier way for people to analyze complex tabular data.
- Melissa Choi named director of MIT Lincoln Laboratoryby Zach Winn | MIT News on 27. Juni 2024 at 13:00
With decades of experience working across the laboratory’s R&D areas, Choi brings a focus on collaboration, technical excellence, and unity.
- Helping nonexperts build advanced generative AI modelsby Zach Winn | MIT News on 21. Juni 2024 at 19:00
MosaicML, co-founded by an MIT alumnus and a professor, made deep-learning models faster and more efficient. Its acquisition by Databricks broadened that mission.
- Eric Evans receives Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Serviceby Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory on 20. Juni 2024 at 17:20
The award recognizes his contributions as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory and as vice chair and chair of the Defense Science Board.
- MIT-Takeda Program wraps up with 16 publications, a patent, and nearly two dozen projects completedby School of Engineering on 18. Juni 2024 at 18:20
The program focused on AI in health care, drawing on Takeda’s R&D experience in drug development and MIT’s deep expertise in AI.
- Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from viewby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 18. Juni 2024 at 4:00
This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.
- Understanding the visual knowledge of language modelsby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on 17. Juni 2024 at 19:30
LLMs trained primarily on text can generate complex visual concepts through code with self-correction. Researchers used these illustrations to train an image-free computer vision system to recognize real photos.
- A smarter way to streamline drug discoveryby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 17. Juni 2024 at 9:00
The SPARROW algorithm automatically identifies the best molecules to test as potential new medicines, given the vast number of factors affecting each choice.
- A creation story told through immersive technologyby Anya Ventura | Arts at MIT on 14. Juni 2024 at 4:00
Multimedia artist Jackson 2bears reimagines the Haudenosaunee longhouse and creation story.
- Technique improves the reasoning capabilities of large language modelsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 14. Juni 2024 at 4:00
Combining natural language and programming, the method enables LLMs to solve numerical, analytical, and language-based tasks transparently.
- Symposium highlights scale of mental health crisis and novel methods of diagnosis and treatmentby Lauren Rebecca Thacker | MIT Open Learning on 12. Juni 2024 at 16:20
Co-hosted by the McGovern Institute, MIT Open Learning, and others, the symposium stressed emerging technologies in advancing understanding of mental health and neurological conditions.
- Researchers use large language models to help robots navigateby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 12. Juni 2024 at 4:00
The method uses language-based inputs instead of costly visual data to direct a robot through a multistep navigation task.
- Making climate models relevant for local decision-makersby Paige Colley | EAPS on 11. Juni 2024 at 18:30
A new downscaling method leverages machine learning to speed up climate model simulations at finer resolutions, making them usable on local levels.
- New algorithm discovers language just by watching videosby Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL on 11. Juni 2024 at 18:10
DenseAV, developed at MIT, learns to parse and understand the meaning of language just by watching videos of people talking, with potential applications in multimedia search, language learning, and robotics.
- New computer vision method helps speed up screening of electronic materialsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News on 11. Juni 2024 at 9:00
The technique characterizes a material’s electronic properties 85 times faster than conventional methods.
- A data-driven approach to making better choicesby Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences on 6. Juni 2024 at 20:45
In the new economics course 14.163 (Algorithms and Behavioral Science), students investigate the deployment of machine-learning tools and their potential to understand people, reduce bias, and improve society.
- Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computersby Zach Winn | MIT News on 5. Juni 2024 at 19:45
The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.
- A technique for more effective multipurpose robotsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 3. Juni 2024 at 4:00
With generative AI models, researchers combined robotics data from different sources to help robots learn better.
- Looking for a specific action in a video? This AI-based method can find it for youby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 29. Mai 2024 at 4:00
A new approach could streamline virtual training processes or aid clinicians in reviewing diagnostic videos.
- School of Engineering welcomes new facultyby Zach Goodale | School of Engineering on 23. Mai 2024 at 18:35
Fifteen new faculty members join six of the school’s academic departments.
- A community collaboration for progressby Kaitlin Provencher | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society on 22. Mai 2024 at 20:30
Graduate student Nolen Scruggs works with a local tenant association to address housing inequality as part of the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism.
- 2024 MAD Design Fellows announcedby Adelaide Zollinger | MIT Morningside Academy for Design on 21. Mai 2024 at 19:40
The 10 Design Fellows are MIT graduate students working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute.
- Scientists use generative AI to answer complex questions in physicsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 16. Mai 2024 at 4:00
A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
- A better way to control shape-shifting soft robotsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 10. Mai 2024 at 4:00
A new algorithm learns to squish, bend, or stretch a robot’s entire body to accomplish diverse tasks like avoiding obstacles or retrieving items.
- President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discuss the future of AIby Zach Winn | MIT News on 6. Mai 2024 at 14:15
The conversation in Kresge Auditorium touched on the promise and perils of the rapidly evolving technology.
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- UK Regulator Deems Microsoft and Inflection AI’s Partnership a Merger, But Clears It Of Competition Concernsby Fiona Jackson on 5. September 2024 at 18:30
The decision comes after the Competition and Markets Authority’s inquiry into the “interconnected web” of AI companies.
- UK, US, EU Sign First International AI Treatyby Fiona Jackson on 5. September 2024 at 18:15
Signatories must apply measures that ensure the use of AI is consistent with human rights, democracy, and the law.
- Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AIby Ben Abbott on 5. September 2024 at 15:27
New mandatory guardrails will apply to AI models in high-risk settings, with businesses encouraged to adopt new safety standards starting now.
- Databricks Leverages AI to Advance Cancer Research, Infrastructure in Australiaby Ben Abbott on 5. September 2024 at 13:00
Data fragmentation across legacy data warehouses and systems is a core business problem driving Australian enterprises to utilise Databricks.
- Generative AI Projects Fail Amid High Costs and Risksby Fiona Jackson on 4. September 2024 at 17:31
High costs, data issues, and unclear goals are key reasons, new reports show.
- Hiring Kit: Autonomous Systems Engineeron 4. September 2024 at 16:00
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- Hiring Kit: Artificial Intelligence Architecton 1. September 2024 at 16:00
According to studies and research from PwC Global, artificial intelligence could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030, more than the current output of China and India combined. To reach that level, organizations will have to rely on the skills and expertise of machine learning engineers and AI architects. The position ...
- OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Deals With U.S. AI Safety Institute, Handing Over Frontier Models For Testingby Fiona Jackson on 30. August 2024 at 15:07
OpenAI and Anthropic will give the U.S. government early access to their frontier models for safety evaluation.